Scott William wrote: Ok, so let me see if I am not reading this with blurry eyes....
Do you really believe the claims of these guys? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott. Is Scott really a mathematician or one that is trying to pull the wool over the eyes of others and still has blurry eyes from the night before. Scott forgets that there is a gear drive involved and evidently knows very little about gears and torque. A std 1600 vw and most type 4 engines produce about 130 ft lb of torque at 3500 rpm ...........check the VW book Scotty. We didn't say that the engine produces 200 ft lb of torque ............ The engine produces around 130 ft lb of torque and also around 80/85 hp. at 4,200 rpm The gear drive multiplies the torque by the gear ratio which is 1.6 to 1 which equates to over 200 ft lb of torque at the prop. The reality is by gearing we increase the available torque and provide an rpm more suited to an efficient prop diameter. The gear drive unloads the engine, allows a more efficient cruise rpm around 3200 to 3300 and that is BELOW normal highway cruising on a VW engine. If you had divided the 200ft lbs of torque you have found 208 Div by 1.6 = 130ft lbs at the crankshaft Of coarse you knew that Scott. Ron Slender Managing Director VW Engine Centre Pty Ltd Phil Matheson mathes...@dodo.com.au VH-PKR ( Phil's KR) 61 3 58833588 Australia.( Down Under) See My KR2 Building Web Page at: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/flyingkrphil/VHPKR.html See our VW Engines and Home built web page at http://www.vw-engines.com/ www.homebuilt-aviation.com/ http://corvair.vw-engines.com/
